Aristocrats

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	680	1192–1113	51.7	5	24	31
Aristocrats	174	316–276	53.4	0	2	8
Mono Black Aristocrats	7	5–14	26.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	43	93–73	56.0			4
Golgari Aristocrats	7	11–11	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	12	7–16	30.4
Food	1	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	18	29–23	55.8
Boros Bombardment	39	89–61	59.3	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	69–55	55.6
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	8–10	44.4
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	2–2	50.0
Elves	4–2	66.7
Zombies	6–4	60.0
Gruul Aggro	3–5	37.5
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	6–9	40.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	12–5	70.6
Gruul Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	8–4	66.7
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Hexproof	3–2	60.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	60–74	44.8
Storm	21–30	41.2
Dimir Tendrils	15–16	48.4
Dragonstorm	0–6	0.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	2–4	33.3
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	14–15	48.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	12–15	44.4
Rakdos Reanimator	8–12	40.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Oops All Spells	2–4	33.3
Dredge	4–1	80.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Chain of Acid	2–4	33.3
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	44–31	58.7
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	5–4	55.6
Dimir Control	6–1	85.7
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	4–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–6	25.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	3–2	60.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	27–26	50.9
Aristocrats	8–8	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	5–3	62.5
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	9–10	47.4
Simic Infect	7–5	58.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–4	20.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	28–20	58.3
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	5–4	55.6
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Ninjas	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	11–8	57.9
Combo-Control	13–12	52.0
Curses	1–3	25.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–7	53.3
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	8–6	57.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Midrange	64–47	57.7
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Jund	11–9	55.0
Blink	7–8	46.7
Wave Blink	7–8	46.7
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	1–2	33.3
Bant Wave	2–3	40.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–6	64.7
Mono Black Devotion	8–5	61.5
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Sultai Midrange	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	5–9	35.7
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	11–11	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–9	18.2
Greenpost	2–9	18.2
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	4–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–2	0.0